Something that ppl might want to consider is that a lot of sites (social networking /
Banking etc) require that the user takes precautions to minimize data theft, ie virus or
malware infection, there will soon come a point were saying your OS is exempt from such a
ruling will not cut it... and lets face it some ppl will do anything to get out of doing
what they should

Quote:The new version of the
Trojan uses malformed Word documents to open a backdoor for remote hackers to steal
information or install further code. Just like many recent variants of Mac-specific
Trojans, OS X users may be caught off guard as there is no prompt to enter your username
or password when the malicious software installs itself onto your Mac

Quote:The new version of the Trojan uses malformed Word
documents to open a backdoor for remote hackers to steal information or install further
code. Just like many recent variants of Mac-specific Trojans, OS X users may be caught off
guard as there is no prompt to enter your username or password when the malicious software
installs itself onto your Mac

Can't get to the site. Perhaps it's
hosted on a Mac? (Sorry, I can't help being just a LITTLE gleeful. I'm sympathetic really
:-)

What's security like on the iToys? The lifestyle of continually
installing new Apps seems risky. Microsoft are jumping on the App bandwagon too, with
Windows 8. Wasn't the whole idea of security that you set up a computer with the
applications you needed then USED it, rather than downloading every cute little program
that caught your eye?

Quote:The new version of the
Trojan uses malformed Word documents to open a backdoor for remote hackers to steal
information or install further code. Just like many recent variants of Mac-specific
Trojans, OS X users may be caught off guard as there is no prompt to enter your username
or password when the malicious software installs itself onto your Mac

Can't get to the site. Perhaps it's hosted
on a Mac? (Sorry, I can't help being just a LITTLE gleeful. I'm sympathetic really :-)

What's security like on the iToys? The lifestyle of continually installing new
Apps seems risky. Microsoft are jumping on the App bandwagon too, with Windows 8. Wasn't
the whole idea of security that you set up a computer with the applications you needed
then USED it, rather than downloading every cute little program that caught your eye?

You make no sense. What's
iToys? What's WITH the excess use of RATHER random capitalisation?

Quote:The new version of the
Trojan uses malformed Word documents to open a backdoor for remote hackers to steal
information or install further code. Just like many recent variants of Mac-specific
Trojans, OS X users may be caught off guard as there is no prompt to enter your username
or password when the malicious software installs itself onto your Mac

Can't get to the site. Perhaps it's hosted
on a Mac? (Sorry, I can't help being just a LITTLE gleeful. I'm sympathetic really :-)

What's security like on the iToys? The lifestyle of continually installing new
Apps seems risky. Microsoft are jumping on the App bandwagon too, with Windows 8. Wasn't
the whole idea of security that you set up a computer with the applications you needed
then USED it, rather than downloading every cute little program that caught your eye?

You make no sense. What's
iToys? What's WITH the excess use of RATHER random capitalisation?

iPads, iPhones ... you know, the things you
download Apps on to. But you knew that.

Nothing random about my capitals.
They are there for emphasis. A standard technique. This would BE random. BUT you knew
that ALLready really too, didn't YOU? :-)

You make no
sense. What's iToys? What's WITH the excess use of RATHER random capitalisation?

iPads, iPhones ... you know, the
things you download Apps on to. But you knew that.

Nothing random about my
capitals. They are there for emphasis. A standard technique. This would BE random. BUT
you knew that ALLready really too, didn't YOU? :-)

What IS security like on
the iThingies?

With that
kind of smugness I do hope you haven't left your teens. Answering your question, and
assuming your hilariously witty term "iThingies" (sides have indeed split) refers to
iPhones and iPads, security is extremely high. There are no viruses in the wild which
affect either.

With
that kind of smugness I do hope you haven't left your teens. Answering your question, and
assuming your hilariously witty term "iThingies" (sides have indeed split) refers to
iPhones and iPads, security is extremely high. There are no viruses in the wild which
affect either.

Back in your
pram. They're only computers. Not a religion. I AM allowed to mock them!

With that kind of smugness I do hope you haven't left your teens. Answering your
question, and assuming your hilariously witty term "iThingies" (sides have indeed split)
refers to iPhones and iPads, security is extremely high. There are no viruses in the wild
which affect either.

Back in
your pram. They're only computers. Not a religion. I AM allowed to mock them!

Having read about this earlier my guess is it would affect few people here. Nevertheless
it's more evidence (if it were needed) that security through obscurity for the Mac is now
sadly dead and buried. RIP.

Quote ConcertinaChap:Having read
about this earlier my guess is it would affect few people here. Nevertheless it's more
evidence (if it were needed) that security through obscurity for the Mac is now sadly dead
and buried. RIP.

CC

yeah - but y'know... a handful of issues next to the thousands a week on the "other
one"....

What is it about computers that makes people so savagely hostile to each other? It's
almost as bad as football supporters

As has already been mentioned, all software has bugs, and as it gets steadily more
complex and interwoven I would expect vulnerabilities to correspondingly increase.
However, something like antivirus is not a solution. It should be part of a managed
risk reduction, which starts about a metre away from the screen! If you're on any kind
network your security boundary should include a decent firewall there, not inside the
computer. Stop most of the buggers at your garden gate, not the back door.

--------------------If I had a pound for every time I was told to grow up...
I could have the worlds greatest train set!

Quote Folderol:What is it about
computers that makes people so savagely hostile to each other? It's almost as bad as
football supporters

Because in the main, your choices of
platform reflect on your values and tastes, so criticising your platform is often taken as
a direct personal criticism right to the core of your self - hence why people flare up so
much.

People should chill, really.

And when I say "people", I
largely mean "people on the internets". People seem to be a little more sane IRL...

Quote narcoman:yeah - but
y'know... a handful of issues next to the thousands a week on the "other one"....

Yeah - but, like, I remember
when the first viruses appeared back in the 90s. There weren't thousands then. There was a
dribble. Now there's a flood. One difference from the 90s is that malware writers were
thin on the ground then, there's a lot more now. One can hope that they will all keep
their attention fixed on the PC but I'm not going to bet the mortgage on it.